Obviously I look nothing like Alicia Keys. However from the moment I saw the beads hanging of her cornrows when she crooned one of my favourite songs (that I can always relate to)- Falln’- I knew that I had to do a hairstyle where I applied beads to my cornrows.

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And I adored the hairstyle and fedora hatshe sported in her debut album cover-

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I love how she added a Street Gangster edge to her cornrows in this performance-

Well it took me over 10 years but I finally did a hairstyle where I used wooden beads in my cornrows. I have to give props to my hair stylist in Lagos because she was the one that got the beads for me. Honestly, when I told her to buy them for me I was a bit apprehensive as to what she would bring back but I fell in love with these wooden beads as soon as I saw them-

When I was a child growing up in Nigeria, I remember going to a woman’s house who had curtains that were made entirely out of string beads, I will always remember the feeling of going through them, the noise and movement they made- I have wanted similar curtains ever since.

My ring is from Aldo and I adore it-

This ensemble is a good example of how I like to clash and mix colours and prints.

Print Clash Tip- Choose a colour from your main ensemble and use it in the other pieces that make up your outfit. For instance, I lifted the beige tone from my floral print dress and paired my dress with a chocolate-brown print jacket and nude sandals.

The dress and sandals are from Topshop, the belt was a gift and the headscarf is from Peekaboo. I designed the Ankara print jacket, meaning I drew the design of the jacket, bought the print material and got a tailor to make the jacket.

So ladies and gentleladies, who will be inspiring your hairstyle this summer?What is your popular ‘go-to’ hairstyle during this time of the year?

Your Welcome! :) If you don’t mind me asking, how do you have as much success as you do with your blog? I’ve just started my blog a month ago and it’s really not picking up any speed! But, I really want to be a great blogger like you and others with many readers. But, it seems like no one takes interest in my blog post! Just thinking about deleting my blog. :( Do you have any advice on blogging and becoming a successful blogger?

Well first of all, I am really not an expert in this area and I have a long way to go in the blogging area. However I have had my blog for a year now and within that year, I have done a lot of research so I’ll pass on some of what I have learnt to you.
Firstly with your blog you have to know your audience, what they want and be very clear with what you consider your field of expertise. For e.g. if you are selling your blog as a fashion blog, my advice to you would be to have more pictures to reflect the topics you are talking about.
One way for you to find out what your audience want is you could do a questionnaire for your mates asking them what they would want from a fashion blog or any other blog.
Then there is the network aspect- things you can do to build a following is to follow other bloggers, leave comments as you have done on my blog, and like you did- comments that actually mean something and not something vapid like, ‘Nice post!’.
You could try asking popular bloggers to write guest posts on their blog- as this will ultimately bring traffic to your blog.
Link your blog to networks like Facebook and Twitter.
Join blogging groups (research this)- I just joined Independent Fashion Bloggers- and in my opinion, it is beyond amazing.
Everyone has their own niche in fashion blogging- I have seen that personal style blogs, DIY fashion blogs and How To…. fashion blogs do seem to get a lot of comments. But here is the thing, DIY is not my forte. I have been advised to write less on my blog, but here is the thing- I love to write and I have seen some bloggers like Susie Bubble, who write a lot and still reach success.
So what I am trying to say is that there is no hard and fast rule to success in blogging.
And also how do you define success? Is it writing a good post you are happy with or how many followers, traffic or comments you have. For instance I don’t get a lot of comments but I did this blog post once on African Hair Salons in Berlin and got 2 comments from women thanking me for my reference as they had moved here and had no idea where to go to do their hair. Based on my write-up they went to those salons and had a positive experience. Those 2 little comments meant the world to me and they still do…
Also I would advise you not to get too into things like traffic and how many followers you have as your blog is only 2 months old. You are still new, so just network (like crazy!!), and think of great editorial content and the like. In the next 6 months or so, review your progress and go from there.
Hope this helps.

Thank you so much for your time and your honesty for my question. It’s true about my definition of success. It shouldn’t be about the comments or the readers, it should just be about the impact that I have on other peoples lives. I have realized that I shouldn’t get caught up in how many comments or followers I have. I shouldn’t blog because of how many comments or followers I have, I should blog because it’s something that I love to do and something that makes me happy. Thank you so much! :)